Word: least
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...through that part of the organization which has to do with the supervision of agencies, then through the agency itself, and from the salesman to the consumer. In the case of businesses which manufacture paper, dye stuffs, and other materials the goods go through the hands of at least one sales representative. The general field of salesmanship has shown many changes in the last forty or fifty years. Originally there was the drummer whose chief function was simply to unload; then came the salesman who again tried more or less to unload the product, but who usually sought...
...gentle pressure upon various governments. But it has been, to date, unable to handle the larger issues satisfactorily. After all, the League Council is the organ of the larger powers and in its discussions the conflicting interests of these powers are bound to make themselves felt. The minorities, at least, are convinced that there is little to be hoped for from the secret pourparlers of the leading statesmen. In 1926 Germany was admitted to the League and given a seat on the Council, and it was expected by the German minorities that Germany would take the lead and press...
...fast become obscured by dogmatic controversy. If one can appear in the midst of a warfare of creeds, rituals, and symbols, bringing a sincere fascination to a body of listeners, many of whom are incurious to investigate the intricacies of twentieth century faith,--if this is true, then at least a vestige of imagination and idealism prevails...
...famed Leon Trotsky, whom Stalin has booted out of Russia despite the fact that Trotsky was one of the first and greatest leaders of the Soviet Revolution, the friend of Lenin and the creator of the Soviet army. Of all the leaders of Communism, Leon Trotsky is the one least "hooked up with Capitalism," whereas Stalin is getting into constantly better relations with the capitalist Powers. But last week Comrade Trotsky did write exclusively for the Times the story of his exile from Russia and the history of how, according to Trotsky, Stalin seized illegally the powers of Lenin...
...Anglo-Saxon family might also add the word "flivver' For Henry Ford was preparing to drive vigorously for the French market and to compete sharply with Citroen, the popular-priced French car which sells at approximately the same price ($1,000) in the French market as the least expensive of the new Fords...